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Game #3426

Aston Villa

15-5-8, 35 PTS

Saturday, 2 April 1977

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Drew

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Bristol City

7-9-14, 23 PTS

Ashton Gate

Attendance: 27,958

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

Bristol City

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 April 1977

🕒 | HT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, John Gidman

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 April 1977

  • Villa are held to a 🟨 goalless draw at Ashton Gate as they remain 8th in the table but now have five games in hand on the leaders, ten points ahead. 

  • Villa however should have had both points from the game but for a bizarre refereeing incident that saw a Bristol City player handle on the line to prevent Charlie Young's 🇨🇾header hitting the net only for referee Nippard to visibly nod his approval and wave play on.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 eight defeats in 🕒 twenty eight division one games this season.

  • Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Bristol City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bristol City

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Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Saturday, 2 April 1977

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🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 144 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 39 🟥 37 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
🆘 A defender, a fist, no goal, no penalty
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 September 1976, Villa 1-2 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 John Gidman

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Chris Nicholl and Alex Cropley return in place of Gordon Cowans and Leighton Phillips.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.49 |

Youngest Player |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.14 |

Referee

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Chris Garland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH QUOTES

"We didn't play well at all. “We had a couple of spells in the second half when we began to look interesting for a while but basically we never got started. "For some reason we weren't doing the simple things well, as we normally do. “We tried to hit the clever pass instead of the easy one when there was just no need. “But we have a game on Tuesday [against Middlesbrough] which gives us an early chance to put things right." Ron Saunders. "We are in a difficult position. “We have to survive in in the First Division and that means we have to contain first and attack later. "That emphasis may mean that we are slow to break and that we are not a particularly entertaining watch.” Bristol City manager Alan Dicks.
Quotes

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 2 Apr 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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